Global economy headed for ‘soft landing’ after four years of crises, World Bank saysWashington-based institution cautions that better outlook comes with several high-profile risks including possibility of another commodity price shock.Tue Jun 11 2024 - 14:30
Less than 3% Irish SMEs export goods, new figures showOnly small fraction of Irish-based firms export goods abroad despite the State’s reputation as a small, export-led economyTue Jun 11 2024 - 06:00
Number on Live Register falls again as unemployment remains at historic lowThe 35-44 age cohort make up the largest number of those on listMon Jun 10 2024 - 11:43
Less than 12% of new buildings inspected in some countiesNew head of Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland highlights lack of enforcement of building regulationsMon Jun 10 2024 - 06:00
Northern Ireland’s economy gets shot in the arm from resumption of powersharingUlster Bank’s latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI) points to pick-up in output, new orders and employmentMon Jun 10 2024 - 05:30
Construction activity steady but housing still on upward curveLatest BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland barometer indicates housing and commercial projects continued to increase in MayMon Jun 10 2024 - 05:00
Ireland’s housing market is a byproduct of three mega-trendsIreland has had a unique experience with housing – centring on a spectacular build-up and blow-up in the 2000s – but it is also a microcosm of a global housing problemSun Jun 09 2024 - 13:30
Irish unemployment remains anchored near historic low of 4%Economists consider a jobless rate of 4% or less in the Irish labour market as tantamount to full employmentFri Jun 07 2024 - 11:40
C&C plunges after chief executive quits amid accounting errors Patrick McMahon quits after company takes underlying charge of €5m on previous years’ accountsFri Jun 07 2024 - 08:16
ECB’s pivot on rates comes with uncertain outlookEuropean Central Bank cuts rates but several data sets point in wrong direction and make further cuts far from predictableThu Jun 06 2024 - 16:37
Exchequer returns: Strong tax revenues boost Government’s position ahead of budgetLatest exchequer returns show corporate tax receipts rose by 30 per cent in May, allaying fears that 2024 would see a downturnThu Jun 06 2024 - 16:34
ECB cuts interest rates by 0.25 percentage points after two years of hikesEuropean Central Bank makes first move lower interest rates after hiking them 10 times since 2022Thu Jun 06 2024 - 13:16
Irish economy returns to growth in first quarter as IT sector expandsCSO figures indicate the economy grew by 0.9 per cent in the first three months of the yearThu Jun 06 2024 - 11:42
Nearly half of Irish adults believe their 60s will be most expensive decade in retirementViews expressed changed depending on how close the respondents were to retirement, survey by life insurance company Royal London Ireland findsThu Jun 06 2024 - 00:01
Service sector continues to expand but cost pressures remain elevated - surveyWages and fuel again cited as the main sources of higher costs by respondents, AIB survey findsThu Jun 06 2024 - 00:00
Institute of Education seeks to expand campus with plan to redevelop adjoining buildingsPlans include refurbishment of properties at 19 and 20 Leeson Street Lower to provide enhanced facilitiesWed Jun 05 2024 - 14:05
Why the signs indicate the Government could be planning a November electionBudget 2025 creates a natural window for an election, according to many in the CoalitionSun Jun 02 2024 - 13:06
Central Bank’s decision to ease mortgage rules has fanned house prices, ESRI report concludesIn highly critical review, ESRI describes regulator’s move to ease its borrowing rules for first-time buyers as ‘premature’Fri May 31 2024 - 16:13
Peter Burke: ‘What’s good for the worker doesn’t have to be bad for the employer’The recently appointed Minister for Enterprise knows he has only a short window in which to leave his mark on the portfolio ahead of an electionFri May 31 2024 - 05:00
CSO appoints first female director generalAgency announces Jennifer Banim as its new director generalThu May 30 2024 - 15:00
Irish inflation unexpectedly rises to 1.9%, CSO saysLatest flash estimate for the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) shows prices rose by 0.5 per cent during MayThu May 30 2024 - 11:38
Average weekly earnings rise by 4.7% as workers seek real wage catch-upCSO’s latest earnings data show workers earned an average of €969.12 in the 12 months to the first quarter of 2024Wed May 29 2024 - 12:41
Retail sales fall as consumers spend less in department stores and barsLatest CSO figures show volume of retail sales dropped by 1.2 per cent in AprilTue May 28 2024 - 11:45
Top 7.7% of earners now paying more than half all income tax and USC, report findsParliamentary Budget Office highlights significant concentration risk at heart of income tax systemTue May 28 2024 - 05:24
Two businesses a day going bust because of rising costs, SFA director warns Small Firms Association director tells delegates that small businesses accounted for 85 per cent of all shutdowns last yearMon May 27 2024 - 18:25
McGrath promises ‘substantial’ income tax package in budgetMinister for Finance says workers are likely to benefit from further changes to income tax system and a fall-off in headline inflationMon May 27 2024 - 12:10
From noble ambition to corporate tokenism: the rise and fall of ESG How does electric carmaker Telsa have a lower ESG score than US oil major Exxon, a company that spent decades trying suppress information about climate change?Sun May 26 2024 - 11:13
‘Ireland is good in a crisis but can’t manage success’, says crisis era mandarin Former secretary general of the Department of Finance John Moran is standing as a candidate to be Limerick’s first directly-elected mayorFri May 24 2024 - 05:00
Employment in Irish economy rises but at lowest annual rate in three years CSO’s latest Labour Force Survey show the number of people employed in the Irish economy stood at 2.7 million in the first quarter of 2024Thu May 23 2024 - 12:20
Eir revenues increase by 2% as more mobile and broadband customers sign upCompany says broadband and mobile customers rose by 148,000 year on year in first quarterThu May 23 2024 - 07:58
Revolut launches savings account with interest of up to 3.49% a yearFinancial platform tries to steal march on mainstream lenders with higher yielding savings accountsThu May 23 2024 - 06:00
SYS Group acquires Cork-based Global Life & Finance It is the fourth acquisition for the Tipperary-headquartered financial services companyWed May 22 2024 - 10:55
Irish consumers want more sustainable food but not to pay for it, UCC survey findsResearch into market behaviour launched to coincide with annual food and beverage finance summit in CorkWed May 22 2024 - 00:15
European markets lose momentumPan-European Stoxx 600 index ended 0.2 per cent lower after hitting a one-week low earlier in the sessionTue May 21 2024 - 17:55
Remote working creating ‘dead zones’ in cities, NY governor tells Irish economic summitParts of downtown Manhattan have lost vibrancy due to remote work and overpriced housing, Kathy Hochul saysTue May 21 2024 - 06:00
ESB jettisons troubled NI business while pumping millions into loss-making British unit Energy group decides to axe Northern Ireland retail business in wake of regulatory headaches and dwindling customer baseSun May 19 2024 - 13:37
McGrath appoints UK economist to Irish Fiscal Advisory CouncilAnnouncement comes ahead of appointment of new chair in wake of departure of Sebastian Barnes last yearThu May 16 2024 - 18:13
Irish workers among the least productive in Europe, study indicatesResearch utilised Eurostat data on productivity, focusing on the domestic Irish market economyThu May 16 2024 - 17:57
Irish goods exports rise to €53bn in first quarter as pharma trade recovers Latest trade numbers point to modest recovery in pharma exports after 2023 slumpThu May 16 2024 - 12:36
House price inflation surges to over 7% as supply pressures continue to biteCSO figures show average values grew at a rate of 7.2 per cent in Dublin in MarchWed May 15 2024 - 18:55
The Government’s small business package unpacked: What is in it and why is it coming now? What measures has the Government introduced or promised and how have they been received?Wed May 15 2024 - 17:16
Irish economy expected to rebound on back of improving global trade and falling inflationEuropean Commission delivers positive assessment of economic outlook with growth picking up and inflation continuing to moderateWed May 15 2024 - 13:00
Stocks edge up as markets await US inflation dataPan-European Stoxx 600 index ends 0.2 per cent higher, with most sectors in positive territoryTue May 14 2024 - 18:23
Housing starts surge to almost 18,000 in AprilIncrease takes total for the 12 months to April above 50,000 but that might not translate into 50,000 completions in a yearTue May 14 2024 - 14:01
New car and home insurance firm enters Irish marketOutsurance is hoping to translate its model of offering discounts for loyalty instead of traditional no claims bonusesMon May 13 2024 - 12:59
Yuno Energy announces another electricity price cutCompany is newest supplier of electricity to residential marketMon May 13 2024 - 07:55
Three big international headwinds that could derail IrelandSunak’s Rwanda immigration plan, the election of Donald Trump in the US and a stagnating euro zone economy could all be big problems for usSun May 12 2024 - 11:45
Aer Lingus weighs up legal action against Dublin Airport passenger capAs flagship airline issues Q1 operating loss, Irish carriers question right of aviation regulator to intervene in capFri May 10 2024 - 17:51
State has enough construction workers to build 50,000 homes a year, Cairn chief saysMichael Stanley appears to contradict National Competitiveness and Productivity Council report pinpointing shortage of labour as key constraintFri May 10 2024 - 16:32
CRH reports solid start to year on back of ‘positive pricing’Building materials group says revenues rose 2 per cent to $6.5 billion in first quarterFri May 10 2024 - 07:32
